Table 5 Stated reasons for not participating across the three non-participant groups (N = 209)
Total (N = 209) | NRs (N = 102) | ADs (N = 77) | NAs (N = 30) | p-value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Worried about pain | 69 | (33.01) | 38 | (37.25) | 25 | (32.47) | 6 | (20.00) | 0.208b |
Embarrassing | 63 | (30.14) | 39 | (38.24) | 22 | (28.57) | 2 | (6.67) | 0.002 |
Not needed | 54 | (25.84) | 31 | (30.39) | 22 | (28.57) | 1 | (3.33) | 0.004 |
Worried about harm | 53 | (25.36) | 23 | (22.55) | 25 | (32.47) | 5 | (16.67) | 0.159b |
Appointment problems | 51 | (24.40) | 24 | (23.53) | 19 | (24.68) | 8 | (26.67) | 0.938b |
Enema not wanted | 44 | (21.05) | 24 | (23.53) | 14 | (18.18) | 6 | (20.00) | 0.678b |
No time | 34 | (16.27) | 20 | (19.61) | 10 | (12.99) | 4 | (13.33) | 0.469 |
Worried about result | 16 | (7.66) | 15 | (14.71) | 0 | (0.00) | 1 | (3.33) | < 0.001 |
Medical reasons | 16 | (7.66) | 4 | (3.92) | 5 | (6.49) | 7 | (23.33) | 0.005 |
Unacceptable | 12 | (5.74) | 7 | (6.86) | 5 | (6.49) | 0 | (0.00) | 0.428 |
Bad experience | 11 | (5.26) | 6 | (5.88) | 3 | (3.90) | 2 | (6.67) | 0.760 |
Other test donea | 11 | (5.26) | 2 | (1.96) | 5 | (6.49) | 4 | (13.33) | 0.030 |
Forgot | 7 | (3.35) | 6 | (5.88) | 0 | (0.00) | 1 | (3.33) | 0.070 |
Financiala problems | 3 | (1.44) | 1 | (0.98) | 1 | (1.30) | 1 | (3.33) | 0.537 |